Gainesville High School
Academic
Academic Advising Information for 2025-26
Academic advising for the 2025-26 school year starts in mid-January 2025. The academic advising time allows GHS staff, students, and parents/guardians to discuss the student's graduation requirements, post-high school plans, interests, and opportunities at GHS. There is a lot of information, and this can be overwhelming for students and parents to navigate. We hope that the below information and resources will help students and families prepare for the academic advising process.
Academic Advising Timeline
January
- January 8 to 26: Teachers meet with students and input recommendations for next school year’s placement
- January 27 to 28: Student can, but are not required to, input their course preferences through StudentVUE in late January. This is not an official step in the academic advising process. It is a good time for students and families to talk about interests, review graduation requirements, and current grades and progress
- January 28: Students in grades 9, 10, and 11 will participate in an academic advising lesson in advisory.
February-March
- Academic advising meetings
- What can students expect during academic advising?
- Every GHS student will have a one-on-one meeting with their school counselor for academic advising
- In these meetings, the following will occur:
- A review of their
- , graduation requirements and academic progress
- A discussion of their interests, career aspirations, and their post-secondary education
- The selection of their course requests and at least 2 alternate course backups for next school year
- Special Education and English Language Services will be addressed
- Students will leave with a copy of their transcripts and course request form
- Once entered by a school counselor in the Hub, a student's course requests can be viewed in Parent and StudentVUE under Course Requests
March and April
- Students and families should ensure that requests are as expected by viewing them in Student and ParentVUE under Course Requests
- Course requests verification communication will be sent prior to Spring Break and in late April as reminders for families to confirm requests
- Course requests are used to hire staff, set budgets, and build the school’s schedule.
- It is important that the school has accurate requests from students and families to ensure a smooth start to the new school year in August.
May
- 5/2: Course request change deadline in early May. Course request change form is located on the GHS Counseling Canvas page
June to August
- Student course requests are analyzed and used to inform and build school schedule
August
- Student schedules are released through Student and ParentVUE before school starts
Academic Advising Resources
GHS Elective Site (coming soon!)
The Chirp podcast episode on academic advising (coming soon!)
Course History in Parent and StudentVUE
GHS students have access to the GHS Counseling Canvas page. This page has more specific information related to academic advising including specific dates of events and deadlines. A student should reach out to their school counselor if they do not have access to the Counseling Canvas page.
Academic Support
StudentVUE – Real time access to student grades, attendance, course history, course requests, and graduation requirements
Khan Academy and Varsity Tutors are both available for free to PWCS students. They can be accessed via Clever.
The GHS Student Canvas page often posts tutoring opportunities from clubs such as National Honor Society. GHS students should refer to that page for more specific information.
GHS teachers can be reached if students and families have questions about student progress. Staff emails can be found on the Staff section of the GHS webpage.